Italy move up to 13th place in the FIFA rankings
13 December 2024
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Ferrara's stadio Paolo Mazza will host Italy vs. Norway, the fourth match in the Women's Euro 2025 qualifying group on Tuesday 4 June at 18:15 CEST. After victory against the Netherlands in Cosenza and defeat in Helsinki by Finland, the Azzurre with have a double header with the Norwegians, with two games played in the space of a few days. In fact, Norway vs. Italy will be played on Friday 31 May (18:00 CEST) at the Ullevaal stadium in Oslo. On Tuesday 4 June, Emilia-Romagna will have Azzurri fever, given that in the evening - with kick-off at 21:00 CEST - the stadio Renato Dall'Ara in Bologna will host the friendly between Men's National team and Turkey.
The Women's National team will play in Ferrara for the seventh time: the last, in chronological order, was a friendly against Morocco last July that ended 0-0 (the only draw and five wins), while the penultimate - in September 2022 against Romania - sealed qualification to the World Cup Finals played the following year. The last Italian National side to play at the Mazza was the Under 21s, who played out a 1-1 draw against Türkiye on March 26.
Finally, the most recent fixture against Norway dates back to February 2022 in the Algarve Cup, where goals from Giacinti and Caruso gave Italy a 2-1 success.